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The XR Week Peek (2024.01.23): Apple Vision Pro preorders have been opened, and much more!

The Ghost Howls

More info Discover XR at CES This year, I didn’t manage to write my usual roundup of XR news at CES, but luckily I’ve found that Tom Emrich wrote a summary of the most interesting things he saw, and Charlie Fink made also an interesting roundup of the XR technologies that help in accessibility.

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Big XR News from Apple, Microsoft, and SPIE

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As part of its commitment to accessibility, Apple is working with ZEISS to offer optional optical inserts for the device: “Readers” will cost $99, meanwhile prescription standard optics will cost $149. The event brought together talented individuals in the XR technology landscape to discuss and network about the future of XR.

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The XR Week Peek (2023.09.04): Meta may be working on the next Quest Pro with LG, Meta Avatars get legs, and more!

The Ghost Howls

Talking about the optics system of the Vision Pro, there are still many unknowns about the ZEISS prescription lenses associated with the device. Magic Leap managed to stimulate a lot of hype for its headset, which should have revolutionized XR and instead turned out to be just a HoloLens clone. It’s the end of an era.